Department of Labor Threatens Personal and Commercial Privacy

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By Stuart Anderson – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is threatening the personal and commercial privacy of skilled foreign nationals and U.S. employers, including startups and entrepreneurs. A new Department of Labor proposal to add 50 new information fields to the standard labor condition application (LCA) required for H-1B visa holders seems designed to punish employers that tap the global labor pool and to prevent foreign nationals from working in the United States.